BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement in response to legislators overturning Governor John Bel Edwards' veto of House Bill 648, a bill that bans gender-affirming care for minors and takes away parents' rights to make healthcare decisions about their children: "Lawmakers who voted to overturn Governor Edwards' veto of House Bill 64  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 21 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: Justice Lab, the ACLU of Louisiana's campaign against racist policing, marked its third anniversary this summer, litigating its 55th case. Founded in June 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, Justice Lab works through litigation, advocacy, and storytelling to hold law enforcement accountable for violent misconduct that is disproportionately inflicted upon Louisian  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: * * * New court filings reveal for the first time that children -- almost all Black boys -- are being placed in routine solitary confinement for 72 hours when they are detained in the former death row building of the nation's   more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 20 (TNStalk) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on July 19, 2023: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Legislative Advocacy, regarding the Louisiana Legislature's override Tuesday of Gov. John Bel Edward's veto of HB 648, a bill that protects children from dangerous, life-altering medical procedures: "Denying the truth that we are either male o  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 (TNSgov) -- The Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC), the nation's largest public policy women's organization, praised the Louisiana legislature for enacting H.B.648, the "Stop Harming Our Kids Act," a ban on gender alterations for minors, overriding Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards veto of the bill. The law will ban doctors from pr  more

NEW YORK, July 20 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources announced late Tuesday a set of proposed rules to address the issues of routine gas flaring and idled oil and gas wells at risk of becoming taxpayer liabilities. Natural gas venting and flaring in Louisiana wasted $16 million worth of energy resources in 2019 alone - enough to meet the needs of the entire city of Baton Rouge for a year and a half. This w  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 (TNStalk) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, condemns Louisiana legislators for overriding Gov. Bel Edwards' veto of a HB 648, an extreme Gender Affirming Care Ban. The Gender Affirming Care Ban (HB 648) bans physicians from providing age-appropriate, best practice health   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 21 (TNSper) -- The National Council on Family Relations issued the following news release: The National Council on Family Relations' (NCFR) membership has elected Janeal M. White, Ph.D., CFLE, as the new Students and New Professionals (SNP) representative-elect of the NCFR Board of Directors. Dr. White earned her doctorate from the Louisiana State University School of Social Work. Following eight years on faculty at McNeese State University, Dr. White is now the incom  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 20 (TNSpp) -- The New Orleans Business Alliance issued the following news release: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has awarded the New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA) a two-year $450,000 grant under its Delta Workforce Grant Program to support the organization's green infrastructure workforce training collaborative started under JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s AdvancingCities Challenge. "NOLABA and the DRA both recognize the significant future impact of the green infr  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 19 (TNSres) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a staggering report on the state of one of the most punitive youth justice systems in the country. The report comes nearly a year after Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that dozens of incarcerated youth would be held at Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola. Yesterday, the SPLC joined the ACLU an  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 21 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news release: This week, the Louisiana legislature reconvened specifically to override Gov. John Bel Edwards' veto of legislation banning medically necessary gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The bill goes into effect Jan. 1, 2024. "The Louisiana legislature went out of their way to discriminate against transgender children, using harmful legislation to dehumanize them and threaten thei  more